Improvement in corn-planters



J. MILLER.

Seed-Planter.

Patented `Mar 31. 1857` v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OHN MILLER, OF BUOYRUS, OHIO.

IM PROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specication forming part of LettersPatent No. 16,930, dated March 31, 1857.

To all whom it may concern-2 Be it known that I, JOHN MILLER, ot' Bueyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Planting (Jorn and other Seeds 5 and I do hereby declare that the l'ollowin g is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ot' this speciiication, in whichand the operator thereby enabled to plant the seed in parallel drills at equal distances apart orin hills in checkrows, as will be hereinafter fully shown and described.

To enable those skilled inthe art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a horizontal V-shaped frame, having two handles, B B, at its back end.

O is a shaft, which has its bearings in arms a a, attached to uprights D D at the back end ot' the frame A. On this shat't a wheel, D, is placed, and a crank, b, is also formed on this shaft.

On the frame A, at about its center, a box, E, is placed. This box is divided into two compartments, c d, by a vertical partition, e. At the bottom of each compartment a perforated slide is placed, the slide f being at the bottom ofthe compartment c and the slide f at the bottom of the compartment d. Both of these slides are connected at one end to arod, F, which is attached to the crank b on the shaft O.

Within the box E, at its lower part, and just above the slides f f', a transverse bar, g, is placed. This bar serves as a cut-ott', and its under side may have brushes attached. The seed to be planted or sown is placed within the compartment c, and pulverized gypsum or slaked lime is placed within thc compartment d.

To the under side of the frame A an upright st0ck, G, is attached. This stock at its back is recessedor grooved, and an aperture, h, is made through the frame A directly over the recess or groove in the stock, the aperture h being underneath the slide f in the compartment c. An aperture, t', is also made through the frame A underneath the slide f in the compartment d. The apertures hz'. are directly underneath or in line with the bar g.

To the lowerend ot' the stock G- a share, II,

is attached. The aperture t' is atv one side of the stock G, as shown plainly in Fig. 3.

Fromthe above description of parts it will be seen that as the implement is drawn along the two slides f fwill be operated simultaneously, and the seed will be dropped from the compartment c into the furrow made by the share H, and by the side ot the furrowaquantity of gypsum or lime will be dropped from the compartment d, the lime or gypsum being dropped simultaneouslywith the seed, and indicating the precise spot where the seed is deposited, the lime or gypsum not being covered by the earth. Bytliis mode of marking or designatingl the precise spots or places where the seed is deposited the hills or drills may be made perfectly parallel with each other, because the operator or person having hold ot' the handles and driving the team can, in consequence of the places. being shown where the seed is planted, direct the implement so that the spaces between the hills or drills will be ot' equal width.

I do not-claim the perforated and reciprocating slides ff for measuring and distributing the seed and gypsum or lime, for they are well known and commonly` used; but,

Havin g thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y The auxiliary compartment d, havin ga slide, f', acting simultaneously with the seed-slide f, arranged and operating as described, for the purpose of designating the point of planting, as set forth.

JOHN MILLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN SMITH, 'MosEs LrNDsEY. 

